Went and saw ROTK last night. The movie was wonderful, of course, as all the critics and fans are saying. Saw three interesting things before the movie, however:

  • Went to Panera for soup and a sandwich before the movie. After I order my sandwich, the girl tells me they’re out of rosemary & onion focaccia. No problem, I’ll just take asiago cheese bread. Nope, sorry… don’t have that either. Alright fine.. just the plain focaccia then. A blank look and a shrug from the girl. At this point I nearly leaned over the counter to start shaking her, “Well, what do you have then?” Sheesh… I know that working there isn’t a career or anything, but grow a brain, huh?
  • Also at Panera just as I was leaving a guy walked in with a group of his friends. He seemed a trifle confused, because he was wearing a trucker hat, but had it turned sort of askew, the way dumb white boys that want to be badass will wear a baseball hat.
  • While on line to get into the theatre, I had a bet going with the SLF that we would see between 0 and 10 people wearing some sort of LOTR outfit (she said between 10 and 20), be it a whole outfit thing, or just a trinket like the Arwen jewel. Only actually saw one girl wearing a leaf brooch, but also saw a guy wearing a straightjacket. That’s the way to meet girls, for sure. “Hey, ladies… I’m dependable and reliable… well-rounded and I call my mom every week.” Um, no.